hinges at the sides, the broken ring in front for attachment to the plastron, and especially the heart-shaped plates (allusive to the name of Cœur) possibly covering the rentailles by which air was admitted, are details worthy of careful observation. We can only advert hastily to other beautiful subjects displayed in this volume, such as the Logis Barrault, at Angers, erected in 1493, and associated with memorable historical events. It was there that Cæsar Borgia resided, on the occasion of his visit to bring the bull of divorce, by which Louis XII. was enabled to espouse the dowager queen, Anne of Brittany. Mr. Clutton relates the detail of his gorgeous magnificence, which far surpassed the state of the king himself. This superb logis subsequently became the residence of Mary de Medicis. The palace at Blois, with its gateway, its remarkable staircase, its Halle des états, the tour des oubliettes, and other details, has supplied several subjects. The dwelling of the good King René, count of Anjou, at Lannay les Saumur, probably less known, claims notice as associated with the history of a prince, whose cultivated taste and feeling for the arts exercised a powerful influence in the times in which he lived. Mr. Clutton has given a very interesting notice of palaces and large residences in Paris, and of the internal arrangements, the furniture, decorations, and distribution of apartments in the stately mansions of the metropolis. He closes the first part of his work with an account of the Hôtel Dieu, at Beaune, a remarkable hospital founded in 1443, for the maintenance of the poor and sick, under the charge of sœurs hospitalières, originally from Flanders, who brought the rule and habit of the Beguines of Malines, still retained. This building is composed of a most picturesque court, with a cloister and open galleries of communication with the wards, which occupy two sides. On the third side is the long Hall, of which Mr. Clutton has kindly enabled us to give the external view this Hall, now used as a ward, was entered by a door at one end, communicating with the thorough passage of approach to the court. At the other extremity a portion is parted off by a metal grille, to the extent of two bays, forming a chapel, fitted up with an altar, and beyond is a small sacristy. The windows in this chapel, it should be observed, are of two lights, whilst those of the part used as a hall are of one only. This arrangement of the chapel in establishments of this description, divided merely by a screen from the adjoining Hall, appears to be original, and similar to that which is formed at the Hôtel Dieu, at Cambrai, where the ancient wooden screen, separating the Hall from the chapel, still exists. These particulars may interest some of our readers, as throwing light upon a question which recently caused some difference of opinion, at the Meeting of the Institute at Chichester, namely, the original intention of the curious structure, known as St. Mary's Hospital, in that city. It consists of a lofty hall, or refectory, approached by a western door; at the eastern end there is a chapel, accessible only through the hall, being separated from it by an open screen of carved oak. The sacristy is beyond, on the north. At first sight this singular structure presents the appearance of a church, of which the supposed refectory was the nave, and the chapel, still containing the stalls and original fittings, was the chancel. This spacious hall has side aisles, in which are constructed small distinct dwellings opening into it for the poor inmates. The early history of this hospital is very obscure: it is supposed to have been originally a nunnery, and a more full account has been published by the Sussex Archæological Society in their Transactions.' In the second portion of Mr. Clutton's work will be found many technical details of an interesting character, regarding the windows, doors, and gateways, the tourelles and staircases, the roofs, and other structural peculiarities of the style which it is his object to illustrate. A section is devoted also to the minor decorations, such as the glazed and chequered roofing tiles, occasionally of varied colours; the coloured flooring tiles; the epis, or girouettes, of highly wrought metal work, of which some very beautiful examples are given, the crests, chimneys, &c. The richly sculptured chimney-piece of the ancient Hôtel de Ville at Bourges forms a charming subject, as delineated by Mr. W. Burges, to whose pencil the 1 Sussex Archæol. 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